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Twitter and tech companies are not the first industry to have ethical problems like this. This is a problem we've solved many times in the past with strict regu
by bogwog 4y ago
Twitter and tech companies are not the first industry to have ethical problems like this. This is a problem we've solved many times in the past with strict regulations and laws. Finding ethical people is expensive, but writing laws is cheap.
If actual data privacy laws existed in the US, this situation would never have happened. In the linked twitter thread, he says that "legal" said it was ok. That right there is the safety valve that we can control to keep corporations in check.
Why doesn't my local supermarket price gouge us when there's a hurricane about to hit? That's an obvious way to increase profits. In fact, if it weren't illegal to do that, I'd argue that any CEO who didn't do that for "ethical reasons" should be fired and possibly even sued by shareholders.